This one deserves honourable mention for being stuck in my parents' car radio for a prolonged period. I had a proper go at it with a screwdriver when they weren't looking, to no avail. Eventually they sold the car, and there was much rejoicing.

First vinyl album was either DSotM or Wish You Were Here, but may have been Decptive Bends by 10CC - It was a long time ago, I do remember being disappointed that the plastic cover on WYWH had been s;ot open by the WHSmith for security reasons.First CDs were Fore by Huey Lewis and the News and the theme music from Midnight Express

My dad never built any speakers. But my grandad did, way back when before he was anyone's grandfather. Hooked them up to a reel-to-reel tape player with spools large enough to hold all 3 hours and 58 minutes of Gone with the Wind.